Exercise walk today on the Vestal Rail Trail in Vestal, New York.
What's a walk without some scenery to distract the walker?
Japanese Knotweed is the stand out star this week. It's delayed in blooming a little bit but now that it's out, I wince whenever I see it. It's one of the most invasive plants there is, and you definitely do not want it growing near your house. Here's a British take on it.
Goldenrod, a native. We tried to plant one variety (purchased from a wildflower nursery near Ithaca, New York) last year but I don't think it took.
Soapwort.
Fireweed.
Blurry Silene nutans (Nottingham catchfly) - we think.
We've been using the Visual Look Up feature on spouse's iPhone SE 3rd edition and it's great being able to ID wildflowers I never knew (like the fireweed and silene above).
Speaking of which: my iPhone SE 1st edition doesn't support Visual Look Up but I'll be replacing this phone soon, as it will not support the new operating system coming out later this month. (All my readers will give a cheer, as they must be sick of my complaining about its camera.)
Sigh.. and I still haven't made up my mind about a new phone. I'm leaning towards an iPhone 13 mini IF the price goes down substantially, although I'll have to learn how to use an iPhone without a home button. The SE 3rd edition's camera does not seem to have major differences from what I have, and I plan to keep this next phone for years, like my previous two phones.
I am going to wait until the new phones come out, and see what happens to pricing of iPhone 13's. But now, back to the walk.
One thing you can depend on is Mother Nature and its beauty. I'll keep taking those walks as long as I can.
...Japanese Knotweed is HORRIBLE and the Southern Tier has more than its share!
ReplyDeleteI would guess golden rod grows almost any place. We have it in North Idaho.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
You'd be surprised how quickly you can get used to not having a home button on your phone. It was a change when I got my current iPhone 11 (after having had a 6).
ReplyDeleteI’m also waiting for the next round of new phones
ReplyDeleteHeavenforbidandfend people should try to "treat" Japanese knotweed with glyphosate or any other poison. I've seen what happens when people try to "treat" kudzu that way. They end up killing everything *but* the target species as poisons discourage the competing native plants more effectively than the invasive weeds.
ReplyDeletePainting salt and vinegar on the cut ends won't get rid of the invasive weeds permanently but at least it won't kill nicer plants.